The secrets of Tokaji Aszú
The Tokaji wine range There are dry wines, late harvest wines made from ripe grapes with no noble rot. Wines made from late harvested grapes but without individual selection are called Szamorodni; grapes are...
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The magic of Tokaj
History The Tokaj Wine Region has a history stretching back centuries. The first surviving document mentioning “asszú grape wine” is dated 1571. The first classification of vineyards was done in 1732 by Matolai. In...
Great facilities in Hungary
We have 22 wine regions, that are devided into 6 bigger regions. Thanks to the great facilities in Hungary we can produce all the different wine categories. In the north-western part of Hungary the...
Hárslevelű from Matyasovszki’s point of view
István Matyasovszki, founder of Chateau Kincsem. Kincsem Castle and Wineyard was found in 2011. Our first plantation was Hárslevelű and even today half of our vineyards is Hárslevelű, two hectars out of four hectars. ...
Tiffán Ede about Cabernet franc
Unfortunately, Hungary became the country of one thousand grape varieties. The wine regions lost their image to which each variety is closely linked. If we look around the world, we find one or two...
Pál Mészáros’s opinion about Bikavér
Bikavér (that means Bull’s Blood) was first written down in 1846 by Garai János in the „Song of the Wine”. After the war it was called „Óvörös, that means old-red, it received is name...
Mihály Fekete about Kékfrankos
We have been cultivating Kékfrankos since 1970 on 2 hectares using the Guyot system in Fekete Estate. The perfect yield of Kékfrankos is 1.5 kg/vine. It prefers loess soils. For a truly great Kékfrankos,...
Christian Sandahl about Riesling
The Riesling grapes get so much better by lowering the yield. There is not any special yield which is the best, the lower yield the better get the grapes. Now we have a yield...
Tamás Kovács about Olaszrizling
Szent Donát Winery was founded in 2001, but the father’s side of the family has lived in Csopak for more than 200 years, and they have been cultivating the grapes first of all Olaszrizling....
Tamás Tornai about Juhfark
We have been producing Juhfark for 20 years now in 4 hectars at Tornai Estate. The training system is cordon of medium height and we use short pruning. The ideal yield of Juhfark depends...